JB
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Breton printer
A.K.A.
Jan Britto, Jan Brito, Jan de Bretoen, Jan Bortoen, Jan Brulelou
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
(Pipriac)
Death:
(Bruges)
The details
Biography
Jean Brito or Jan Brulelou (active 1455–1483) was a Breton printer in the Burgundian Netherlands. He was born in Pipriac, a village approximately halfway between Rennes and Nantes. He moved to Tournai where he worked as a calligrapher. Then he moved to Bruges, where he became a printer in the course of the 1470s. In a short verse he refers to himself as a citizen of Bruges.